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SHERI LINDEN
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4.5/5 Caché
4/5 The Cockettes
3/4 Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling
3.5/5 Harvard Man
2.5/4 Big Trouble
3/5 Life or Something Like It
2.5/5 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2/5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
1.5/5 The Reckoning
1,5/5 Battle in Heaven
 
 
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4.5/5 The Beat That My Heart Skipped
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1,5/5 Battle in Heaven
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"by-the-numbers audience-pleaser." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
How About You (2007)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"With the collaboration of screenwriter Tonino Guerra, Khemir has created a fresh variation on the somewhat tired subgenre of the crisscross, in which the paths of strangers intersect and converge." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)63%
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"Straight out of the slice-and-dice school of filmmaking, Vantage Point fractures chronology and perspective in a vain attempt to disguise its flimsiness." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)37%
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"A frenzied comedy promoting the family values of loud, obnoxious and mean." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)25%
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"A harebrained rom-com diversion offering few laughs and little romance." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 31, 2008
 
Over Her Dead Body (2008)13%
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"[Director Bahman Ghobadi] sparks a deeply humanist alchemy in unsentimental tales peopled by nonprofessional actors." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 3, 2008
 
Half Moon: A Musician's Last Journey (2007)100%
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"A fresh, intelligent and thoroughly involving psychological thriller." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 4, 2007
 
First Snow (2007)56%
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"An engagingly angry black comedy from Norway." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 19, 2007
 
The Art of Negative Thinking (2007)n/a
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"For all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)36%
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"Most viewers will be left to wonder whether the message is connecting." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)65%
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"Those who stick with Martian Child won't entirely avoid mush, but they will find terrific performances by John Cusack, as the parental unit, and 10-year-old Bobby Coleman, as the self-proclaimed extraterrestrial." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 29, 2007
 
Martian Child (2007)29%
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"A mildly fractured fairy tale that's often too dopey for its own good." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 20, 2007
 
Sydney White (2007)37%
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"The film makes a lasting impression as it delves into an unfashionable territory: character as fate rather than a function of pharmaceuticals." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2007
 
Protagonist (2007)83%
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"It's the killer pingpong action that ultimately keeps Balls afloat." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 23, 2007
 
Balls of Fury (2007)23%
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"Garlin's terrific comic timing is a key attribute, as is that of his strong cast." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 11, 2007
 
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)74%
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"Writer-director Jay Jonroy is better with atmosphere and visuals than with dialogue." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
David & Layla (2007)50%
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"You go, girlz. Mom and Dad will wait in the car." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 30, 2007
 
Bratz: The Movie (2007)7%
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"A flair for language both cinematic and verbal elevates an ordinary coming-of-age comedy of little substance." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 20, 2007
 
Cashback (2007)44%
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"It's hardly sacred literature that shouldn't be messed with, yet the source material's particular resonance remains elusive in this 21st century update." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 9, 2007
 
Nancy Drew (2007)48%
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"It's not without well-observed moments, and in the title role, Carly Schroeder makes an agreeably flawed and feisty rooting interest." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 30, 2007
 
Gracie (2007)59%
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"A shallow rom-com that's not just eager but frantic to please." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2007
 
Because I Said So (2007)5%
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"An accomplished cast that includes Billy Dee Williams, Lesley Ann Warren and Rae Dawn Chong struggles to elevate material that rarely gets deeper than a daytime soap, though it tries mightily." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2007
 
Constellation (2007)0%
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"What's most refreshing about the genial and well-observed Chalk is that it describes the high school experience from the of teachers' point of view." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 30, 2006
 
Chalk (2007)79%
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"Director George Hickenlooper captures the energy and ultra-irony of Warhol's scene, but his attempts to give the film a conventional biopic arc end up wallowing in dime-store psychology." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 29, 2006
 
Factory Girl (2007)19%
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"Despite shining contributions, this composite of action-adventure and social message doesn't quite crystallize." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 1, 2006
 
Blood Diamond (2006)63%
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"A frontier spirit and a strong connection to the landscape inform the piece, which aims not to wow but to immerse the viewer in a mystical, hardscrabble, bygone world." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 14, 2006
 
Disappearances (2006)52%
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"Striking, deeply felt drama." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 9, 2006
 
White Palms (2007)89%
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"Writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation combo of attitude and poses." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 8, 2006
 
Shottas (2006)13%
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"For those who can get past the visual absence of Cobain and the aural absence of his music on the excellent soundtrack, this is an indelible autobiographical document." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 3, 2006
 
Kurt Cobain About a Son (2007)72%
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Click here to read article -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
One Last Thing (2005)13%
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Click here to read article -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Aurora Borealis (2006)68%
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"One of the film's joyful fascinations is the chance to see kids being imaginative kids." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Cave of the Yellow Dog (2006)88%
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"Aiming for wacky and heartwarming, the film is, at its sporadic best, a mildly diverting coming-of-age story. At its worst, it feels forced." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 12, 2006
 
Driving Lessons (2006)49%
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"Deliver Us From Evil is a haunting portrait of a profoundly benighted man, the lives he shattered and the institution that repeatedly protected him -- and itself -- at the cost of children's safety." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 11, 2006
 
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)100%
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"A mean-spirited yet mushy comedy that deserves to be left back." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 25, 2006
 
School for Scoundrels (2006)25%
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"The presence in the ensemble of Orlando Bloom, who also serves as a producer, could be an initial enticement, but his performance is one of the weakest in a mixed bag." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 23, 2006
 
Haven (2006)14%
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3/5
 
"The resourceful film will stir up a mosh pit of appreciation among aficionados while providing an intriguing, if not always compelling, overview for those less acquainted with the music." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 22, 2006
 
American Hardcore (2006)73%
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"A valentine to WWI's first American fighter pilots that doesn't quite reach its aimed-for heights." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 22, 2006
 
Flyboys (2006)33%
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"Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who also focused on children in last year's poignant The Boys of Baraka, provide a fascinating glimpse of kids' role in the evangelical movement's political agenda." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Jesus Camp (2006)87%
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"In his fourth feature, director Xavier Beauvois turns a classic policier into an existential musing whose emotional impact quietly accumulates." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 7, 2006
 
Le Petit Lieutenant (2006)79%
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"Often stingingly funny -- and an undeserving resident of the summer's-end movie dumping ground." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 5, 2006
 
Idiocracy (2006)70%
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"In its hard-hitting depiction of a legacy of unspeakable brutality, this film shows that the ghosts of Leopold are alive and well." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 18, 2006
 
King Leopold's Ghost (2006)91%
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"When it succeeds, the film conveys a bittersweet longing for a lost moment and the unfulfilled promise of a democratic Cuba." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 1, 2006
 
The Lost City (2006)25%
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2/5
 
"Has its effective moments of restrained intimacy but lacks the depth to give the slow-going narrative much impact." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 1, 2006
 
Time to Leave (2006)76%
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"From its pitch-perfect title through just about every detail, this sendup of sports-triumph movies maintains the right parodic pitch, if not always the highest mph on the laugh speedometer." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 31, 2006
 
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)72%
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"A work of terrific imagination, visceral punch and gothic beauty." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 28, 2006
 
Brothers of the Head (2006)67%
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"The Ivan Reitman-directed comedy manages to sap the charm from everyone in its cast, all of whom have shone quite brightly in other settings." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 22, 2006
 
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)41%
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2.5/5
 
"While moments in this tale of sexual dysfunction are as refreshing as its underused Cleveland setting, it remains more a set of interlocking sketches than a compelling story." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 14, 2006
 
The Oh in Ohio (2006)21%

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